@article{ref1,
title="[Suicides in psychiatric in-patient treatment]",
journal="Psychiatrische Praxis",
year="2001",
author="Hübner-Liebermann, B. and Spiessl, H. and Cording, C.",
volume="28",
number="7",
pages="330-334",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate characteristics and predictors for in-patient suicides. METHOD: All in-patient suicides registered by the psychiatric basic documentation for the period 1989 - 1999 were described and analysed by the means of chi(2)-tests and multivariate logistic regression. RESULTS: A total of 30 in-patient suicides were found among 39 372 cases, corresponding to a mean annual suicide rate of 76 per 100 000 admissions. All suicides were committed using violent methods and took place outside the hospital in more than 75 % of the cases. Nearly 85 % of the patients were on leave or an outing. According to the logistic regression the risk of hospital suicides is significantly increased for patients with schizophrenia, a higher cumulative length of stay and a previous suicide attempt, but not suicidality or suicide attempt before index admission. CONCLUSION: Schizophrenic patients represent the high risk group for suicide in psychiatric hospital. An especially focussed prevention on this group could reduce in-patient suicide rates.<p /><p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0303-4259",
doi="10.1055/s-2001-17775",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-2001-17775"
}